Development & Deployment of Enterprise Applications on SAP HANA Cloud Platform

Over the past few years, a vast evolution has taken place in the enterprise software industry. One of those emerging technology trends is the contrivance of cloud computing. Thus, the objective of this thesis is to thoroughly introduce cloud computing service models and deployments, and why it is important for any organization to consider moving to the cloud. Moreover, in order to prove the efficiency of using PaaS for software developers, this study introduces SAP HCP development environments and demonstrates the step-by-step process of getting started with the SAP HANA web-based workbench, as well as Eclipse. Moreover, it thoroughly illustrates for developers how to build, deploy, and run their first “Hello World!” application on the SAP HANA Cloud Platform. Additionally, the outcome of the thesis is a Graphical User Interface (GUI) design of the SAP CLM (Contract Lifecycle Management) web application that was developed and deployed on the SAP HANA Cloud Platform. This study could be beneficial for both business leaders as well as IT professionals (i.e. software developers), as it analyses all the aspects of adopting cloud, including its benefits and risks that the organizations should consider while making a business decision. In the meantime, it technically illustrates for readers how to get started with developing and running their very first application on a cloud platform